""So are you saying that the U.S. government might file a "Friend of
Until now they even cannot find one of chemical weapon that make US invade the Iraq. Now another new issue, linux to build military supercomputer. It's so easy to just delete the software, than hiding the chemical weapon though. Wrong logic Mr. Sontag ;-) Edwin On Tuesday 17 June 2003 06:52, Fred A. Miller wrote: the
Court Brief" to support your case against IBM?" I blurted out. "Don't be surprised" was Sontag's answer."
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=8276/byt1055784622054/0616_marshall.html An interesting article - I particularly liked the attempt to play on Islamophobic and xenophobic fears about swarthy foreigners armed with Linux. It's not the arms industry that made these people dangerous, oh no, it's the fact that they've got free software. One of the best things about this list IMHO is its international character - but in the case of this SCO debacle, US courts will largely decide the outcome. So here's an appeal to all US readers to do whatever lobbying they can on this issue, preferably accurate, calm, well written lobbying that reaches the ears of those with influence. In the UK I would write to my MP: if enough people do that, then awareness can gradually be raised. The less ranting the style, the more likely to be read with attention. Do your best folks, and if anyone has any useful clues as to anything that can be done at the UK end, perhaps post it here. I'm sure other Anglophones would like to do anything they can too. Good luck, Statesiders, please press home the attack. Best Fergus
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